diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/pom.xml
index e70588ecea3..28b57a911b3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/pom.xml
@@ -1525,6 +1525,7 @@
${jooq.version}
${revision}
${spring-amqp.version}
+ ${spring-batch.version}
${flattenedpom.version.org.springframework.data.spring-data-couchbase}
${flattenedpom.version.org.springframework.data.spring-data-commons}
${flattenedpom.version.org.springframework.data.spring-data-jpa}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/attributes.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/attributes.adoc
index 3d5152a9692..52eca2c1fa1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/attributes.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/attributes.adoc
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
:spring-amqp-api: https://docs.spring.io/spring-amqp/docs/{spring-amqp-version}/api/org/springframework/amqp
:spring-batch: https://spring.io/projects/spring-batch
-:spring-batch-api: https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/apidocs/org/springframework/batch
+:spring-batch-api: https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/docs/{spring-batch-version}/api/org/springframework/batch
+:spring-batch-docs: https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/docs/{spring-batch-version}/reference/html/
:spring-data: https://spring.io/projects/spring-data
:spring-data-cassandra: https://spring.io/projects/spring-data-cassandra
:spring-data-commons-api: https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/commons/docs/{spring-data-commons-version}/api/org/springframework/data
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
index 3d23fece9cd..0ec10491b81 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
@@ -2107,38 +2107,40 @@ The preceding example overrides the default factory, and it should be applied to
A number of questions often arise when people use Spring Batch from within a Spring Boot application.
This section addresses those questions.
+
+
[[howto-spring-batch-specifying-a-data-source]]
=== Specifying a Batch Data Source
-
By default, batch applications require a `DataSource` to store job details.
-Batch autowires a single `DataSource` in your context and uses that for processing.
-To have Batch use a `DataSource` other than the application’s main `DataSource`, declare a `DataSource` bean, annotating its `@Bean` method with `@BatchDataSource`.
-If you do so and want two data sources, remember to create another one and mark it as `@Primary`.
+Spring Batch expects a single `DataSource` by default.
+To have it use a `DataSource` other than the application’s main `DataSource`, declare a `DataSource` bean, annotating its `@Bean` method with `@BatchDataSource`.
+If you do so and want two data sources, remember to mark the other one `@Primary`.
To take greater control, implement `BatchConfigurer`.
See {spring-batch-api}/core/configuration/annotation/EnableBatchProcessing.html[The Javadoc of `@EnableBatchProcessing`] for more details.
-For more about Spring Batch, see the {spring-batch}[Spring Batch project page].
+For more info about Spring Batch, see the {spring-batch}[Spring Batch project page].
+
+
-[[howto-running-spring-batch-jobs-on-startup]]
+[[howto-spring-batch-running-jobs-on-startup]]
=== Running Spring Batch Jobs on Startup
-Spring Batch auto-configuration is enabled by adding `@EnableBatchProcessing` (from Spring Batch) somewhere in your context.
+Spring Batch auto-configuration is enabled by adding `@EnableBatchProcessing` to one of your `@Configuration` classes.
By default, it executes *all* `Jobs` in the application context on startup (see {spring-boot-autoconfigure-module-code}/batch/JobLauncherCommandLineRunner.java[`JobLauncherCommandLineRunner`] for details).
You can narrow down to a specific job or jobs by specifying `spring.batch.job.names` (which takes a comma-separated list of job name patterns).
-See {spring-boot-autoconfigure-module-code}/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java[BatchAutoConfiguration] and https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/blob/master/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/annotation/EnableBatchProcessing.java[@EnableBatchProcessing] for more details.
+See {spring-boot-autoconfigure-module-code}/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java[BatchAutoConfiguration] and {spring-batch-api}/core/configuration/annotation/EnableBatchProcessing.html[@EnableBatchProcessing] for more details.
+
+
[[howto-spring-batch-running-command-line]]
=== Running from the Command Line
-
Running Spring Batch with Spring Boot from the command line differs from running Spring Batch by itself from the command line.
-Spring Boot uses a class called `JobLaunchingCommandLineRunner`.
-Spring Batch uses a class called `CommandLineJobRunner`.
-They work a bit differently. However, for the most part, the differences do not cause trouble.
-However, they parse command line arguments differently, which can cause trouble, as described in the next section.
+The most important difference is that they parse command line arguments differently, which can cause trouble, as described in the next section.
+
-==== Passing Command-line Arguments
+==== Passing Command-line Arguments
Spring Boot uses `--` (two hyphens) to signal application arguments.
Spring Batch uses a single hyphen as a special marker on the `jobParameters` argument.
This section explains how to reconcile that difference when you use the `jobParameters` argument for Spring Batch within a Spring Boot application.
@@ -2150,22 +2152,27 @@ However, in Spring Batch, putting a single `-` character before the `jobParamete
Best practice is to use the `jobParameters` value as the identifier for the `Job`, so this issue may cause problems.
To avoid the issue, you should generally use no `-` characters for the command-line options that you pass to Spring Boot on behalf of Spring Batch, as shown in the following example:
-[source]
-someParameter="someValue"
+[source,properties,indent=0]
+----
+ someParameter=someValue
+----
-However, if you mean to not use the `someValue` value as the identifier for the `Job`, use two hyphens, as shown in the following example:
+However, if you mean to not use `someValue` value as the identifier for the `Job`, use two hyphens, as shown in the following example:
-[source]
---jobParameters="someValue"
+[source,properties,indent=0]
+----
+ --jobParameters=someValue
+----
In the second example, Spring Boot passes the parameter to Spring Batch as `-jobParameters="someValue"`, and `someValue` is used as a non-identifying job parameter.
+
+
[[howto-spring-batch-storing-job-repository]]
=== Storing the Job Repository
-
-Spring Batch requires a memory store for the `Job` repository.
-If you use Spring Boot, you must use an actual database. Note that it can be an in-memory database.
-See https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/trunk/reference/html/configureJob.html#configuringJobRepository[Configuring a Job Repository].
+Spring Batch requires a data store for the `Job` repository.
+If you use Spring Boot, you must use an actual database.
+Note that it can be an in-memory database, see {spring-batch-docs}job.html#configuringJobRepository[Configuring a Job Repository].